Learning to level up

Today’s labour market figures show that the number of workers on temporary contracts is on the rise and, worryingly, that a larger share of temporary workers are doing this involuntarily.

The Government has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and with COP26 on the horizon, the prominence of this agenda is only set to accelerate further.

This joint Cambridge Econometrics and Work Foundation analysis underlines the need for policies that reduce job insecurity and improve access to high quality, well paid jobs.

This blog explores the employment status of gig economy workers in The Netherlands, California and France, ahead of the UK Supreme Court ruling as whether Uber drivers should be considered employees.

This International Women's Day we explore the social and economic inequalities exposed and exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Work Foundation’s Policy Adviser Rebecca Florisson and Lancaster University’s Dr. Joe Deville collaborated on an article in the Conversation on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on workers’ financial and mental health implications.

Worker insecurity has been accelerated through the COVID-19 jobs crisis. Hundreds of thousands of workers have lost their job or seen their hours decrease, and the sectors most affected by the pandemic have a high proportion of workers in lower skilled occupations, often working under insecure terms.

The Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed contractors. The precedent set by this ruling could have sizeable implications for the future of the gig economy in the UK.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a steep rise in unemployment in the UK. This is likely to be bad news for disabled workers and workers with long-term health conditions, who already faced severe employment inequality prior to the pandemic.